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(No Model.)

W. H. SHATTUGK.

PEGGING AWL.

Patented Jam 25, 1887.

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PEGGlNG-AWL.

EPECIPICATION forming part oi Letters Patent No. 356,666, dated January25, 1887.

Application filed October 5, 1886. Serial No. 2l5,33-2. (No model.)

To 6035 whom it may concern:

Beitknown that I, WILLIAM H. SHATTUCK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhodelsland,have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPegging-Awls; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact. description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters orfigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

My present invention relates to certain new improvementsinpeggingawls;and it consists, essentially, in the novel construction of the shell orcasing and the spring returning toolholder provided with means forvertically guiding the same.

It also consists, in combination with said shell and holder, of a noveldevice for adj ustably retaining the owl in position, all as will bemore fully hereinafter set forth and claimed.

The object of my invention herewith is to provide a shoe-maherspegging-awl (of the class in which a spring is contained in the bandlethereof for withdrawing the awl from the leather, 830.) with meanswhereby the removal of the holder is readily effected when desired, andmeans whereby the awl proper is also readily adjusted and retained inposition in the holder, the result of said improved construction beingsuch that I am enabled to produce a very superior tool for the purposeat a greatly-reduced cost of manufacture as compared with pegging-awlsof this class heretofore made and in use.

In order to more fully set forth my invention, I have prepared theaccompanying sheet of drawings, in which Figure 1 represents aperspective view of the improved pcgging-awl complete. Fig. 2 is avertical central sectional view of the same, the holder or centralportion, however, not being cut. Fig. 3 is a detached partial sectionalview showing the stop and guide for the holder. Fig. i is a sectionalview of thelower or awl holding portion of the holder. Fig. 5 is an endview of the same, showing the buttend of the owl in section therein; andFig. 6 is a sectional view of the nut therefor.

The following is a detailed description of the invention and the mannerof its operation:

A (referring again to the drawings) designates the implement as a whole.B indicates the shell or hollow'handle portion thereof, made of metal orother suitable material, and of a convenient size, the lower end thereofbeing reduced in diameter and having the small central hole, It, throughwhich the awl E loosely passes. At the upper end of the shell is cast orotherwise formed therein the short inwardly-projecting stud or stop 9.

O designates the holder, loosely mounted within the chamber of the shellB, its upper portion being enlarged, as shown, and provided with awell-rounded groove, 3 extending up from the under surface, 0, thencelaterally, at 5', into the vertical groove 3, a thin web of metal, 8separating the grooves s and 8, (see Fig. 2,) said grooves being adaptedto receive the stud 5 before described. Extending downwardly from theshoulder a the holder is considerably reduced in diameter, as at c, andterminates in the turned and threaded portion e, having transverse cuts6' therein, crossing each other, as shown, said cuts at theirintersection serving to receive the butt-end of the and E. The lower endis made quite conical, (see 6 to engage a corresponding surface, If,formed in the nut, about to be described.

N is a cap nut adapted to engage the threaded portion of the holder forthe purpose of adjustably retaining the awl in position, a small centralhole, h, formed in the lower end of said nnt,perrnitting the awl to passthrough. The lower interior portion of the nut at h is filled in or leftconical, for the purpose of cooperating with the lower end of theholder, before described. By means of this construe tion the conicallower end or jaws, c of the threaded shank portion e of thetool-retainer is adapted to engage the diderently-inclined surface If,thereby, when the nut Nis screwed up, springing the lower end of the jawportion 6" against the awl E.

P designates a spiral spring loosely fitted into the chaniberof theshell B, its lower end bearing against thelower inner surface thereof}:

while the upper end of the spring is adapted to bear against theshoulder a of the holder.

lindieates apiece of leather or other slightlyelastic material securedto the top end of the holder.

The operation is as follows: Assuming the several parts to be in theposition represented in Figs. 1 and 2, a blow upon the, top of theholder G will force the awl E down through the leather stock L, (shownby dotted lines,) the spring P at the same time being contractedthereby. Immediately thereafter the reactionary force of said springacts to withdraw the awl from the leather, the parts again resuming thenormal position, as shown.

the attached aw], may be readily removed from the handle 13 by pressingdown upon the holder until the slot 8' is. oppositethe study, thenaxially turning the holder to the right, the handle meanwhile remainingstationary,

and releasing the pressure, when now the force of the spring expels theholder; A reversal of the operation readily permits the insertion of theholder and awl,'the rounded lower portion of the slot 3 serving. tofacilitate the entrance of the stud g.

I am aware that pegging-awls of this class have been patented prior tomy invention-as for example, that of Paines, of February 16, 1869, No.87,062. Therefore I do not broadly claim such article; but

What I do claim, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent,is-

1. The improved pegging-awl hereinbefore described, consisting of thehollow apcrtured The holder, with handle portion having aninwardly-{projecting pin or stop therein at its upper end, thetoolholder loosely mounted inithe interior of said handle and adapted tomove freely 11p and h-shaped groove formed in itshead to receive saidpin, means, consisting of the apertured 1 and screw-threaded stem andnut, for adj ust-l ably retainingthe awl,forrned on the lower bearingagainst the under side of the holder I40 down therein, having averticallyarranged end. of said lholder,and an inclosed springand thelower portion of; the hollow handle,

all combined, arranged, and loperating substantially as shown, and forthe purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with the hollow ha'ndleB, having anopening, h, andstopg and internal spring,- P,ofthe tool-holder 0, having a roove s s stherein ada ted toien a e said stop, and means for adj iustably securingthe tool Eto the holder, substantially as shown,

and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth:

3. In a peggingawl or other analogous implement, the combination, withthe screwthreaded cylindrical shank e, havingthe con-1 ical-shapedslotted unthreaded tip e of the nutN, having its threaded portionterminat-

